SERCOM SOLUTIONS

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SF000641 · oversea-company · incorporated 1993-06-28

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (45/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, no SIC, incorporation date

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2002-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-02-05
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legacy
address · 287
1999-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1999-09-29
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legacy
change-of-name · 694(4)(b)
1998-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1998-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1996-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1996-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1994-09-13
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HENRY, Kevin Thomas appointed
secretary
1994-09-13
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HARRIS, John appointed
director
1994-09-13
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HENRY, Kevin Thomas appointed
director
1994-09-13
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O'GRADY, Con appointed
director
1994-09-13
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REILLY, Ultan Patrick appointed
director
1994-09-13
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STOKES, Brian Francis appointed
director
1994-09-13
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legacy
incorporation · BR1
1994-09-13
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
1994-09-13
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
1994-09-13
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
1994-09-13
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
1994-09-13
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-BCH
1994-09-13
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legacy
incorporation · BR1
1993-06-28
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Company incorporated
As SERCOM SOLUTIONS
1990-04-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MEM/ARTS

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeoversea-company

Incorporated1993-06-28

Jurisdictionunited-kingdom

Primary SIC—

Registered office

Unit 1 Ingleston Park

Cartsburn Street

Greenock

PA15 4UE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: —

Last made up to: 2001-03-31

Confirmation statement

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Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

HENRY, Kevin Thomas→

secretary · appointed 1994-09-13

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Active

HARRIS, John→

director · ~74y · appointed 1994-09-13

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HENRY, Kevin Thomas→

director · ~74y · appointed 1994-09-13

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O'GRADY, Con→

director · ~84y · appointed 1994-09-13

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Active

REILLY, Ultan Patrick→

director · ~76y · appointed 1994-09-13

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Active

STOKES, Brian Francis→

director · ~78y · appointed 1994-09-13

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